Strong's Concordance
Original word: σχίζω
Transliteration: schizó
Definition (short): torn
Definition (full): to cleave, split
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from a prim. root schid-
Definition: to cleave, split
NASB Translation: divided (2), opening (1), split (1), tear (2), tears (1), torn (4).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Apparently a primary verb; to split or sever (literally or figuratively) -- break, divide, open, rend, make a rent.
References
KJV:
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
NASB:
And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.
KJV:
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
NASB:
Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him;
KJV:
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
NASB:
And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
KJV:
And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
NASB:
And He was also telling them a parable: "No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.